Welcome to ISFC 24
Sensing Euphoric and Dysphoric Atmospheres
Welcome to the 5th annual online symposium on festival culture website. Our 2024 symposium will focus on ‘sensing euphoric and dysphoric atmospheres'. See the CfP tab for more details.
Key Dates:
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500-word Abstract Proposal Submission Deadline: 20th April 2024
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Notification of Acceptance: 27th April 2024
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Completed Presentation (optional): 1st May 2024
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Symposium Date: 2nd June 2024
Volume 2 of our peer-reviewed Journal of Festival Culture Inquiry and Analysis is out now. Please note that selected symposium papers will be considered for publishing.
Date: 2nd June 2024
Call for Papers:
Online Symposium: Sensing Euphoric and Dysphoric Atmospheres
Our 5th annual online event addresses the theme of ‘sensing euphoric and dysphoric atmospheres’ in festive, celebratory, and ritual cultures. Taking an embodied perspective, we focus on the role of corporeal perception in making sense of lived experience.
With regard to atmospheres, we focus on “the ways in which a multiplicity of bodies [are] part of, and entrenched in, a situation that encompasses it” (Riedel 2019:85). We aim to explore what existential phenomenology can reveal about carnivals, festivals, ceremonies, fetes, fairs, rituals, and other celebrations. Thus, exploring the euphoric and/or dysphoric atmospheres associated with these events and celebrations.
Our theme takes into account shared values, practices, customs, heritage, traditions, continuity, uniqueness, and differentiation within festive and celebratory culture. It is also important to consider the degree to which euphoria and dysphoria can be shared and learned, along with the camaraderie and familial aspects related to them.
Proposals may also address, but are not limited to, the following themes:
• Art, Craft, and Practice
• Carnivals (including Diasporic Carnivals)
• Celebration and Leisure
• Competition, Adjudication, and Legacy
• Costume and the Body
• Creative Industries
• Culture and Politics
• Dance and Performance
• Education
• Embodiment
• Events
• Food Culture
• Community Making (Re-making)
• Literature
• Medieval Culture
• Night Festivals
• Memory, Nostalgia, and Temporality
• Music and Sound
• Tradition and Heritage
• Religion
• Resistance, Resilience, and Activism
• Sporting Celebrations
• Tourism
Abstracts of up to 500-word (only abstracts/papers that have not been previously presented and published will be considered) and biographies of no more than 100 words (in Word .doc format).
Key Dates:
500-word (Word doc. files only) Abstract Proposal Submission Deadline: Extended 20th April 2024
Notification of Acceptance: 27th April 2024
Completed Presentation (optional) Deadline: 1st May 2024
Symposium Date: 2nd June 2024
Riedel, Friedlind, ‘Atmosphere’, in Affective Societies: Key Concepts, ed. by Jan Slaby and Christian von Scheve, eds. (New York: Routledge, 2019), pp. 85-95
ISFC 2024
The aim of this symposium is to organise and maintain a festival exchange network, focusing on cultural, community, literary, religious festivals, etc., and to publish papers around the theme after the symposium. We believe that a festival exchange will be an excellent resource – a means of developing supportive partnerships and understanding the historical, creative, and cultural links that may exist between different festivals. It represents an opportunity for academics to gain knowledge that could be of value to their research, and for those outside academia to become more aware of and engaged with academic research that could be a source of both inspiration and knowledge.
Disclaimer:
The views, opinions, and communications shared at the ISFC 24 virtual event may not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the organiser.
It is the policy of the symposium that any attendee using foul language or being disruptive or both will be removed.
Terms:
We reserve the right to make alterations to our programme, date, etc. of the Symposium at any time without prior notice.
Our goal is to create a positive learning environment and maintain a welcoming atmosphere. To make this symposium a success, we require that attendees be respectful of each other's opinions and refrain from inappropriate language or disruptive behaviour. We strive to create a safe space where everyone can express their ideas and ask questions without fear of judgement or criticism.
We encourage thoughtful and constructive dialogue that fosters learning and growth. We also ask that attendees practice active listening, and take advantage of the opportunity to exchange knowledge and grow together. We want to ensure that everyone can learn and share ideas in a safe and comfortable space. Let's make this a memorable learning event. See the following link for further details on event etiquette.
Confirmed Guest Speakers
Leveraging Euphoric Atmospheres at the Festival of the Sea
- from Anguilla to Madagascar
Guest Speaker
Pan Session Panel
Pan Music
Liam Teague
Guest Panelist
Khan Cordice
Guest Panelist
Dr. Eugene Novotny
Guest Panelist
Chair
Carnival Session Panel
Euphoria and Dysphoria in Festival Competitions and Adjudication
Guest Panelist
Guest Panelist
Kerwyn C Turnbull
Guest Panelist
Chair
Submitted Paper Presenters
Historical and Cultural Heritage
TBA
Chair
Presenters
Historical and anthropological aspects of the Marino Grape Festival: between folklore and tradition
India's Intangible Cultural Heritage as a Soft Power with Special Reference to its Festivals and Ritual Culture
Murder on Muharram: The Hosay Massacre of 1884
Making, Writing and Performance
TBA
Chair
Presenters
"Harp-ethnography: Experience, Rhetoric, and The Blues"
Gods in Distribution: Sugar Craft and Festivals in Bengal
The Interplay of the Local and the Global: A Case Study of South Korean Culture at Prague Quadrennial 2023
ISFC 2024 Programme Sunday 2nd June, 2024 10:00am (UK Time)
Download Programme
10:00
Welcome Message
FCRE
ISFC 24 Theme: Sensing Euphoria/Dysphoria
10:05 - 10:55 Chair: FCRE
Leveraging Euphoric Atmospheres at the
Festival of the Sea - from Anguilla to Madagascar
Dr Johnathan Skinner
Submitted Paper Presentations (There will be 30 minutes of presentations
and 30 minutes of Q&A)
Chairing presentations FCRE
Session One: 10:55 - 11:45
Historical and Cultural Heritage
Session Two: 11:45 - 12:45
Making, Writing and Performance
12:45 - 1:45
Chair: FCRE
Euphoria and the Economic
impact of Festivals
Dr Mandy Curtis
Break (5 mins) 1:45 - 1:50
1:50 PM UK Time (8:50 TT) - 3:00 PM UK Time (10:00 TT)
Chair: Dr Andrew Martin
Pan Session
Panel: Liam Teague, Professor of Music and Director of Steelpan Studies, Northern Illinois University,
Khan Cordice, Arranger for Hell's Gate Steel Orchestra, Director of Culture, Antigua and Barbuda,
Dr. Eugene Novotny, Professor of Music, California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
with Q&A
3:05 PM UK Time (10:05 TT) - 4:05 PM UK Time (11:05 TT)
Chair: Rhonda Allen
Euphoria and Dysphoria in Festival Competitions and Adjudication
Panel: Allyson Williams MBE, Steve Pascal, Kerwyn C Turnbull
with Q&A
4:10 Closing Remarks
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/mry9a5tv.
Visit our website for more details:
www.festivalculture.co.uk/isfc2024
This event is open to all!